Socioeconomic distribution of health and health care utilization in a new town in Hong Kong, China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 234-245

  Yu, Tak Sun Ignatius ^a,b   Wong, Tze Wai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Health care need; Health care utilization; Health status; Socioeconomic indicators

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFLUENZA; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4243167937     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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